Doug Smith Wrote:
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> BOB2 Wrote:
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> > Richard Wrote:
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> > > Just wondering how many SP employees are left
> > at
> > > UP now days, Will the former grandfather
> > contracts
> > > stay?
> > > BOB2 do you know?
> >
> > Not as many as there used to be... The only
> thing
> > I have grandfathered is my Retiree Amtrak pass.
>
> > And the LOSSAN line to San Luis Obispo is
> repaired
> > and operating again.
> >
> > I reaooy would have no idea, everybody I still
> > know is retired from UP though, but I left about
> 8
> > years before the merger. So somebody like RWF
> or
> > others who served a "full sentence" and retired
> > from UP might have a better idea.
> >
> > And more recent retiree's like that might have
> an
> > idea of how much of the old union agreements
> have
> > been "grandfathered" with former SP retiree's
> on
> > UP. I didn't see anyone of them getting
> anything
> > like the old PE engineers got for merging with
> > SP.
> >
> > I suppose it depends on how many folks SP hired
> in
> > the 80's and 90's, since most folks from before
> > about 1985 or so are probably almost all gone.
> >
> > Most of the former SP guys I know of by name
> > and/or reputation, from things like the SPHS&TS
> > roster are retired now, and/or went to work for
> > other carriers, or to other careers.
>
> Bob, did you ever work with Boffa?